Pan-supporting rack.



B. F. BUERG PAN PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907. ERMEISTER a; E. E. FLICEK.

SUPPORTING BACK.

7 APPLIGATiON FILI'D NOV. 16, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

EMIL F. BUERGERMEISTER AND EDWARD E. FLIGEK, OF MILWAUKEE, I

WISCONSIN; SAID FLICEK ASSIGNOR- TO SAID BUERGERMEISTER.

PAN-SUPPORTING RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

' Application filed November 16, 1905. Serial No. 237,532-

T0 at whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, EMIL F. BuERGER- MEISTER and EDWARD E. FLrcEK, citizens of the United States, residing at Milwaukee,.

convenient and simple pan-supporting rack.

for use in bakeries, hotels, restaurants, and similar places in which a large number of baking-pans and similar kitchen utensils may be stored in a comparatively small space, where they are readily accessible, and which rack when not in use is. adapted to be folded so as to occupy a comparatively small space.

The construction of our invention is ex plained-by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front View thereof. Fig. 2 represents a top view showing a baking-pan supported upon two of the folding arms. Fig. 3 represents an inside view of the lower end of the rack with the pan-supporting arms, arm-supporting standards, standard-supporting bracket, and the upper ends of the bracket-supporting brace-rods removed. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are details of construction.

Like parts are referred to by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

1 represents the main frame, which is formed of a single iece of metal, the respective sides of whic are provided with supporting-legs 2 2, which are pivotally connected therewith by the bolts 3. The frame 1 is rigidly connected together at intervals between its upper and lower ends by transverselyarranged brackets 4 and bracketretaining bolts 5.

6 represents the pan-supporting arms, which are connected at one end with the vertical standards 7 by bolts or rivets 8. The standards 7 are pivotally connected at their respective ends with the brackets 4 by the vertical pins 9, whereby said pan-supporting arms 6 may be turned at right angles to the inclosing frame 1, as shown in Fig. 2, or may be folded within said frame, as shown in Fig. 1. For convenience of description all the arms 6 connected with the single standard 7 are hereinafter referred to as a set of pansupporting arms.

It will be obvious that any desired number of pan-supporting arms may be inclosed in the single frame 1. In our device as illustrated, however, we have shown the frame 1 provided with eight sets of folding arms, two sets of said arms being located in front and two in rear of the frame between the upper bracket 4 and the top of the frame, and two additional front and two additional rear sets When desirous to use the rack, two sets of arms are turned at right angles to the suporting-frame, as shown in Fig. 2, when a aking-pan may rest at its respective ends on one of the arms of each set. Thus it is obvious that a single frame 1 will support a large number of pans. When, however, not in use, all the arms may be folded in the frame, as previously stated, whereby the rack will occupy a comparatively small space. For convenience in shipping the rack the legs 2 may be turned inward toward the center of the frame in line with the brackets 4, whereby the rack may be packed in a small space. 10 10 are brace-rods by which the respective legs 2 are retained in place and prevented from turning upon their retaining-bolts 3. 11 represent brace-rods by which the vertical frame 1 is supported in the vertical position. The lower ends of the brace-rods are.

connected with the legs 2 and the upper ends are connected with the sides of the frame 1.

To prevent the pan-supporting arms 6 from being accidentally turned or thrown out of place when baking-pans are supported thereon, we prefer ably provide the same with bracerods 12. One end of the brace-rods is. in-

serted through an aperture provided therefor porting arms 6. The frame 1 and the brackets 4 are preferably provided with a large number of parallel opposing apertures 13 for the reception of the pins 9, whereby the respective sets of arms may be adjusted nearer to or farther from each other, corresponding with the length of the baking-pans to be sup ported thereon. The brace-legs 2 2' are preferably connected by the folding links 2, the contiguous ends of which links are connected together by the bolt 3 while their other ends are pivotally connected with the legs 2 by the b0 ts 4 Having thus described our invention, what 'ets being respectively provided with a plu ralityof apertures, a plurality of vertical standards having pivotal bearings remov ably secured at their respective ends in the apertures of said horizontal brackets and a plurality of pan=supporting arms: rigidly fixed at one end to said standards respectively, all

the arms of the respective standards being adapted to be simultaneously turned at right angles to the standard supporting frame and means for locking said pan supportingarms in their extended position at right angles to,

sides of said frame between the top and its lower end; a plurality of sets of pan-supporting arms apivotally connected with and between sai transverse brackets and with and between the up er transverse bracket and the upper end o= said frame; means for lock-v In testimony whereof we-afiix our signae tures in the presence of two WitHGSSGS;

EMIL FuBUERGERMEISTER EDWARD E, FLIGEK. Witnesses: LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, CHAS, B. PERRY. 

